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Some days I ‘get’ ink, and some days I don’t. More days I do than not, and I’m starting to close the gap. Still frustrating.

Posting this reply with minimal commentary.

leupstripes replied to your post: So last night, I wondered what it would take to get away from the entertainment industry entirely.

If you learn anything, feel free to let me know, too. I’ve lived without TV, watching movies ridiculously rarely and playing mostly indie games for ages now, and I’m still freakin’ terrified. The fun bit is not knowing where the line is drawn.

Two examples of Ixhe writing and one of Ahraid writing.

Ixhe is not usually seen like this — much more often it’s read stereoscopically. Single-channel Ixhe is associated with very young individuals whose heads are not yet big enough to develop the wide field of view enjoyed by juveniles and adults.

Ahraid writing has proven extremely difficult to translate. When they write at all, even within groups scripts can prove to be completely different, due to their virtually scattered development.

So last night, I wondered what it would take to get away from the entertainment industry entirely.

If I don’t play, I can’t lose (i.e. get sued for millions of dollars), right? I’d like control over my experience, to support things closer to me, and not to be strung up by an overgrown, squelching greater daemon of Lawyroth. This is on the same train of thought as Linux users, I gather.

The thing is, I don’t actually know much about SOPA, ACTA, PIPA, and its kin that have been popping up for the past 20-odd years — that’s a big part of why I’ve stayed silent on it. (Also, phone anxiety, and not having a private mailing address to send letters from.) Based on what I do know, these are the kind of restrictions I’d have to impose on myself:

No derivative works of reserved licenses or large studios or publishers. This means no Alexei (Atari, Epic Games), or to a lesser extent Smugbot (Hasbro).
Absolutely no TV, but this wasn’t a change for me.
No video games other than those from independents I can research.
I’d have to learn to use the GIMP, and get really comfortable with GarageBand (?).

I know this isn’t even an iota of what I’d exhaustively have to do on the principle of the bill. To avoid it entirely, I’d have to leave the internet, which is not something I and many others are able to do, much less willing — so what are my options here?